Newsletter

Posted April 19, 2010 12:23 am

Club Calendar

Helping Hands

Helping Hands of St. Johns County meets at noon April 30 at Faith Community Church Community Center, County Road 210 West, next to Cimarrone. The group will be assembling Mother's Day baskets for the women at the Betty Griffin House. This year Winn Dixie has donated pink tote bags that will be filled with new clothes and cosmetics. Donations of new clothing, especially pajamas, slippers, robes and nightgowns, would be appreciated. For information, e-mail MsSue27@aol.com.

* Sunday, several members will be coordinating an afternoon bingo party for Nielsen Organ Transplant Foundation at Mayo clinic for organ transplant survivors and their families.

* Helping Hands members recently held a garage sale with proceeds benefitting the makeover room they are doing for a 1-year-old disabled girl and her 13-year-old sister in St. Johns County. They wish to thank everyone who donated merchandise for the sale that was held at Faith Community Church. The group also made several Easter baskets that were sent to the Mandarin Food Bank for children.

* Helping Hands meets the last Friday of the month at Faith Community Church Community Center. The group is not affiliated with the church and is nondenominational. Anyone is welcome to join. The group relies solely on donations of goods and services.

Civitan forming

The St. Augustine Civitan Club will have an organizational meeting at 11:30 a.m. Thursday, with a complimentary lunch at the Family Diner, 2443 State Road 16. Men and women are invited to join this service organization. A total of 30 people are required to form a chapter.

Civitan is a worldwide, all-volunteer, nonprofit service organization with more than 40,000 members in 28 nations.

The meeting schedule will be the second and fourth Thursday of each month at Family Diner, with lunch at 11:30 a.m. and the meeting beginning at 11:45 a.m.

For information, contact Arddy Farrell at 631-8260 or Frank Kelley at 631-9354.

VFW news

The schedule of activities for the Bryan Tutten Memorial, VFW Post 2391, U.S. 1, includes the following:

* Tonight the post plays host to Branch 25 of the Fleet Reserve Association at 7 p.m. in the hall.

* Tuesday is Team Trivia at 7 p.m. in the canteen.

* A darts competition is at 7 p.m. Thursday in the game room. New players are welcome.

* Friday night, Michael Ross will entertain in the canteen from 7 to 11 p.m.

* Sunday, Just Dave will provide tunes outside at The Swamp from 2 to 6 p.m.

The post serves lunch from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Thursday. Fridays, the kitchen stays open until 7 p.m. with select dinner specials. Sundays, the post serves breakfast from 8:30 a.m. to noon.

* Saturday: Kristi, David and Harry with Aerie barbecued chicken and ribs

* Sunday: Poker charity benefit

Briefs

* The St. Augustine Mac User Group meets at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in The Center of The St. Augustine Record, One News Place. Following a question-and-answer period, the program will be presented on Notepad applications by James Lee of Tropical Software. Lee is a former Apple employee with software engineering experience. He has created TopXNotes, which he will demonstrate. He will also have copies of the application available for sale at a discounted price for SAMUG members. Roger Van Ghent will demonstrate another Notepad program.

* The Military Officers Association of America, Ancient City Chapter, meets at noon Thursday at the Holiday Inn, 860 A1A Beach Blvd. Lunch is $15. The doors will open at 11:30 a.m. The speaker will be Jeri Briggs, discussing the water supply situation in the area. All U.S.-commissioned officers -- active duty, retired, reserve or former honorably discharged -- are eligible for membership.

* The Sassy Tappers will perform at the Tuesday meeting of the Newcomers of North St. Johns. SASSY stands for "Seniors at the Seashore Staying Young." The gathering begins at 11 a.m. at the St. Johns Golf and Country Club, County Road 210. For information, call Lee Granato at 217-0873.

* Keith Fuller, UF horticultural extension agent, will be the guest speaker at the 7:30 p.m. Wednesday meeting of the St. Augustine South Improvement Association clubhouse, 709 Royal Road. He will give timely gardening tips and take questions from the audience. He invites people to bring in weed or plant samples for identification. Fuller has spoken to SASIA each spring for several years and is always enthusiastically received. This meeting is open to the public. Complimentary refreshments will be served.

* Bill Gourley will demonstrate how to use the light meter to find the best spot in your yard to grow orchids at the 1 p.m. Sunday meeting of the Keiki Club, at the home of Sue and Terry Bottoms, 6916 Cypress Lake Court. Bring a folding chair. Guests and visitors are always welcome. For information, go to www.staugorchidsociety.org or call Sue at 797-4360.

Also on tap will be hints on photographing orchids. Cinematographer Wolfgang Obst will offer instructions.

* Ancient City Antiques and Collectibles meets at 6:45 p.m. Tuesday at Great Expectations Auction Company, Ponce de Leon Mall.

* The Pilot Club of St. Augustine meets at 6:45 p.m. Wednesday at the Holiday Inn, St. Augustine Beach. The education committee is in charge. For reservations and cancellations, call Loretta Hodyss at 808-0023.

* The Women's Networking luncheon is at noon Wednesday at Le Pavillon, 45 San Marco Ave. Call 461-5699 by Tuesday.